It is a new term I created.
Yell-Sing. (v) The act of yelling and singing at the same time.
See…
Adele
Whitney Houston
Kelly Clarkson
HAM Radio Update
Today’s discussion is mostly about the weather.
Everyone is happy that it’s getting warmer. One operator was talking about how we all need the sun. Wasn’t sure why. Just knows we need it. He is correct.
I enjoy listening.
Ideas and Exploitation
Good article over at WriterUnboxed from the author of “The Good Liar.” I haven’t read the book yet but it is on my list.
A Night Out
Last night I decided to try out both my mid-range sleeping bag and the Winterial bivy style tent.
I was amazingly warm and actually very comfortable last night. The temperature was 58 F when I went to sleep and got down to low 40s when I woke up.
The air cushion also helped to make the overnight enjoyable.
Thumbs way up — can’t wait for camping season.
Testing the Bivy Tent
I bought this Winterial tent in the dead of winter so I was happy to finally be able to set it up in soft ground.
It is a single person tent. Easy to set up and also comes with a rain fly.
Here is the Amazon link. Highly recommended.
Time for A Short Story
I wrote a story a couple of years ago called “P-5443 or Bust.” I’m not sure why I chose the name but it seemed fitting for the story itself.
I’ve added the story to the short story tab above.
I just re-read it and I still like the story — especially the ending. Hat Tip to my friend John who always believes that stories need hope — somewhere.
There is some hope in this story…sort of.
It is a very quick read. The idea was a small word count. I was originally going to submit this to the yearly PBS writing contest but never got around to it.
Enjoy.
What We Do When The Powers Out
We just lost power at work. The last time I can remember an outage of this magnitude was several years ago.
Of course, for whatever reason I am not carrying my zombie battery.
Go-Live Weekend
Well, the time has finally arrived. After several delays — this weekend should mark the dawn of a new WMS where I work.
I think we’re all ready to just get this thing overwith — already.
I’m not sure how much posting I’ll do. I came up with a great short story idea a couple of days ago and I plan to write that out.
I may also post a short story I wrote a couple of years ago about a “space mishap” and a stranded Marine.
Hope everyone enjoys the fabulous weekend weather!
Update: 3:00 pm – The process seems to be taking a little longer than anticipated. We don’t anticipate being able to start anything until at least 7:00 pm. We’ll have another update at 6:00 pm.
Update: Sunday Afternoon – 3:17 pm. We have completed the upgrade and are moving forward with our configuration. I had a straight 36 hours of being awake. Time for bed.
Update: Wednesday Morning – April 16, 2018 – 2:19 am. We’ve been using our new system since Saturday. It is not without it’s flaws but we are pounding through it. Monday and Tuesday have been mostly mission critical patches and we still have a few of those but we’re getting through the problems. I’m not surprised by any of our issues. They are pretty standard pain points in any upgrade. The folks on the project have been wonderful and I couldn’t have asked for a better bunch of co-workers.
Update: Sunday Morning – April 22, 2018 – 10:19 am – We are almost finished getting to a stable state. Only a few more things to work out. It has been a very long week.
Cracking iPhones?
As an Apple iPhone user, I am grateful that Apple takes security and privacy seriously. So much so, that they’ve been to court many times over it.
A story from Engadget this morning sounds troubling. Apparantly, there is a hardware device on the market that can crack iPhone security. From the article…
Based on an earlier report by Malwarebytes, GrayKey is a small box that can unlock two iPhones at a time. (See the two connectors in the image of the device below?) It was developed by Atlanta company Grayshift, which is run by long-time US intelligence agency contractors and a former Apple security engineer, according to Forbes. To use GrayKey, all cops need to do is connect a phone to it for two minutes. They simply have to wait a bit after it’s unplugged to see a black screen pop up with the passcode — how long they’d have to wait depends on how complex the passcode/passphrase is.
Hopefully, Apple will release a patch that will negate this device.
